+ Scions of the Beast +

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]It took all that Siobhan had in her to keep from bursting out in laughter right on the spot. She gave her green hair an appraising look. It'd grown out longer since the incident, and now it started to curl on the edges. She might have to start braiding it again.

"Yeah, this is my natural colour, even though it's so unnatural. I can usually get off the hook by saying it's chlorine-stained, or that I just use a lot of dye."
She stood up to her full 5'11 self and began her nervous habit of pacing and scanning the area through the windows.

"Well, what about you and your splotchy-self? Is it natural, or somethin' else happened."
She looked back over her shoulder, then towards the window again.
"If you don't wanna say, then I'm okay with that. Some things are better kept as secrets."[/font]

[Lil_Ninja]

Nathan stood when Siobhan did, rising to his full height of 5'10.
His eyes widened when she asked about his hair, and when she called it "splotchy". He hated people drawing attention to it. To him, it felt like a mark of his abnormality. "Well, uh.. The experiments caused a lot of problems. My hair being one. So.. Yeah.. It's unnatural." He paused. "Well, it's natural for me, but not for... Other.. People.." He rubbed the back of his neck, feeling really stupid. When's Maxine getting back? He wandered, sighing. When he was around Maxine, he talked perfectly fine. But normally, forget it. He was a rambling child with social-interaction problems.

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A dark shadow lingered in the woods, a few hundred feet from the house. It's masked beady eyes were fixed on the house.
It watched.. Waited.. Listened.. Determined to retrieve the answers it sought for.
The small creature moved through the grass that was well above it's head, dodging rocks, jumping over fallen tree branches, moving with great speed towards an open window in the rear of the house.
Once he arrived under it, he made sure there wasn't anyone around, then jumped straight up, his claws sinking into the wooden windowsill. He pulled his gray body onto it, then moved through the window, onto the kitchen sink. He moved stealthily around the kitchen appliances, and jumped onto the floor, his sharp nails making a faint clicking noise as he moved across the tiled floor. He peered into the next room that awaited him. When he saw the coast was clear, he slowly moved along the wall, spy style (pressed against it, arms outspread). As silent as a spider.. As sneaky as a Ninja.. He kept repeating in his head as he listened intently to the conversation going on in the next room. It sounded like a male and a female..


OOC: Alright class, let's guess what creature this is, shall we? Beady eyes, mask, gray body, sneaky.. =]

[Derek_Is_Me]

OOC- ITS A RACOON!!! ^^ Umm....were should I start at. Cus I'm a little confused as to were I should put Storm in. Ah, whatever's I'll post anyway.

It had been a long 10 years since the government incident and Storm had not faired very well for those ten years. Storm had to separate from his anichi friends to make sure that the hunters wouldn't come after them. So storm set off from the prison and made it to a city many many miles away from that dreadful place. But the worst thing that could happen happened to storm. He was assaulted and left for dead in the alleyways of the humungous city. Ten years later we find our young anichi sitting under a bridge breathing heavily and clinging desperately to the cloth that was loosely hanging to his skin from the cold. And storm thinks back to the wonderful times that he had with every other anichi."Why did it have to end? WHY!!!!!!!!"shouted storm to himself.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]((OOC: AWWWWW!! POOR STORM!!! D8 Y-you could always have him wander to us!))

IC:
Siobhan smiled at the window from his flustered reaction.
"No, I don't think it's unnatural at all. It looks fine. And kind of cool, in a way. So don't sweat it, ok?"
She looked back at him again and gave a reassuring nod, sensing his nervousness... and she could probably figure out why.
"She should be back in a little bit. If I know her--and even though I don't know her as much as you do--she just needs to clear her head a bit. Kisho is good at helping with that, so she's in safe hands."

It was then that she could faintly hear clicking of something on the linoleum floor... but she dismissed it as the house settling. It was an old place, after all.[/font]

[Derek_Is_Me]

(And how would storm find you may I ask? He is homeless and has no way of knowing were to find anyone. hmm.....you know what I have an idea. Let's see if it works shall we. ^^)

Storm was having one of his better days were he actually got to eat some food for once. And he was sleeping peacefully after scowering for some food. When storm fell asleep he was in a forest and he began to look around himself and what he saw astounded him. He saw a house and in it he could hear voices. So storm walked towards the house and walked inside and standing inside the house was one of his favorite anichi friends, Hana. Storm sat there staring at her for a few minutes and began to cry. He smile and shouted,"HANA!!!", running towards her to hug her. When he got to her he went straight through her and hit the floor hard. He began to cry even more and made desperate move to grab hana but every time his hands just went straight through her. Storm began to grow angry and shouted,"WHY, WHY CAN'T I TOUCH YOU!!!!!!!!"

[Nami]

OOC: Wow guys I know this just started back up and all but could we limit it too like 2 posts a week? ^^;; ahahha My mom keeps bothering me about how long I am sitting here reading your guys posts >.>;;;

And thanks Dee-chan! I hope I am as "awesometastic" as you say xD;

DEREK! Guess what? Kisho and the gang can find Storm when they come to the city!! Sound good? ^_^

IC: Kisho's eyes narrowed as he listened to Maxine talk, this was all really silly, he couldn't believe what he was hearing, hadn't he been in a gang too? Hadn't he been accused multiple times about things that weren't true? And yet he was willing to wander into the lions den because he knew there were other Anichi who needed them. Where was his strong confident Maxine? Kisho shook his head slowly.

"Max..." he murmured, "you aren't staying behind, we are bringing you with us. You are one of our friends, we all have to stick together." he let his hand fall to his side, he had been reaching up to touch her face, but thought better of it.

"No, we will face whatever dangers are in the city together! If they come after you then they come after me too." Kisho clenched his hands into fists, "ok? So no more talk about leaving us Max..." even just saying that made Kisho's throat constric(sp) he felt a stabbing pain in his heart. What would he do if she ever decided to leave...?

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Chaucer's ear twitched, up until now he had been ignored by Sio and Nate, he slowly moved toward the door and with a swiftness and agility that no one would have suspected a gentleman like Chaucer could have, he whipped open the door and grabbed whatever was on the ground in such a flurry, he wrapped his arms around it and held tight. "A spy?"

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Spring glanced down at her hands, they were covered in dirt, she had been helping mend these gardens for two years, the other years were spent in her getting lost from Siobhan...tears trickled down her tan cheeks, she'd never felt so terribly alone before. It was then that she heard a howl of pain and rage. Spring jumped to her feet startled and walked slowly toward the sound.

She walked a few street corners until she reached a bridge, the sound had come from under there. Spring peered down under the bridge, but before she could stop herself she slid down and underneath it.

"Ooof!" she complained wincing. When she opened her eyes she saw a sleeping form. "Um... hello?" she asked tentaively. "Are you ok sir?" she placed a small hand on him. Even though ten years had passed, she was still a bit shy about new people.

OOC: If this is ok Derek, it's Storm...? If not I can edit >.>;

[Derek_Is_Me]

OOC-Ooops, my bad. I meant to put Siobhan not hana. ^^' lol, forgive me for my lack of attention. XP And it's fine Nami. I like the thought of someone else there with Storm.

Storm could only stare at Siobhan standing in front of him. For some apparent reason she could not hear him or see him yet he could hear and see her as clear as day. Deciding that it was only going to cause him more pain Storm headed outside of the house when he suddenly heard a soft voice say,"Um... hello?" "Are you ok sir?" Storm jerked awake and jumped into the railing above him which was about 8 feet in the air and just stared at the woman that stood below him with his eyes looking like that of a cornered animal and his ears sticking out of his head. Storm stared at her for a minute and shouted at her,"WHO ARE YOU?!! WHAT DO YOU WANT WITH ME?!!"

[Lil_Ninja]

OOC: What if we did one post each in between your posts, Nam?

Derek, you don't have to use more than one exclamation, or all caps to indicate your character is yelling ^^;;


IC: Maxine hid her expression from Kisho with a curtain of her black hair. She scrunched her face up; he wasn't buying any of it, just like she figured.
Sure, she was terrified of the city, and it was true that everyone wanted her dead (Ha, like that was news to her.), but none of that measured up to her real reason for not wanting to have Kisho enter that city.. He couldn't know the truth.. It would crush him.

She paused at the emotion in Kisho's last sentence. She looked up at him with a clenched jaw and glazed eyes, trying not to let her expression portray the thoughts that were running through her head. You're going to reconsider my offer later.. I guarantee you that, Kish.. She let out a silent sigh, then forced on a fake smile, tilting her head. "You're right." She paused. "I can't run from it any more. I have to face this-with you." She hesitated, then turned towards the house. Without turning around, she said "Let's head back." then made her way towards the house, her face scrunched up a little.

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Nathan was relieved that Siobhan didn't think his hair was weird. She even liked it?
"Yeah, Kisho.." He paused, rubbing the back of his neck. "I wish she would be that open with me.." He let his voice become almost a mumble, not really meaning it for Siobhan to hear.
He quickly spun around when he heard Chaucer catch something. He went to his side. "A raccoon?"

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The raccoon struggled in Chaucer's grip. "Let me go!" When he couldn't break free, he bit down as hard as he could on the man's arm, drawing blood and making him loosen his grip just enough for the raccoon to squirm free. He darted for the door, but he wasn't fast enough.
Nathan beat him to it, standing in a defensive stance, ready to take him on, almost daring him.
The raccoon realized he was cornered. He transformed into a 5'5" tall man in his early twenties with dark hair, a brown trench coat, and a dark brown fedora. He looked like he was straight out of a detective story.
He took on a very odd fighting stance. "Don't hurt me! I know the fighting style of the panda!" He paused, resuming a normal stance. "..Okay, so I don't really know if that's even a fighting style, but I can deliver a mean kidney punch!"

Nate raised his eyebrow at the man. "Why are you here?"

"I was sent here to investigate."

"Sent by who? To investigate what?" Nathan demanded.

"The chief. I'm a detective, you see, and I was sent to investigate odd goings on here. That's all I was told. I assumed the house was haunted, and.. Obviously I was wrong.. Unless you're all ghosts?" He laughed nervously. "Listen, since I see nothing suspicious going on here, I'll just say I didn't find anything. No harm, no foul." A big cheesy smile came across his face.

[Nami]

OOC: that sounds good, one post after mines.. >.> If feel selfish but it's really hard to keep up with all that. But don't worry I will hopefully be gettin internets soon!

IC: Kisho watched Maxine, there was something she wasn't telling him, he knew it too by her expression. Kisho wished deep down that she trusted him enough to tell him, maybe someday she would, but for now, he was just happy that she had agreed to go. He nodded and followed her toward the house and heard a crashing sound. "What the-" he ran full-speed to the house and charged up the steps he looked into the room.

"A detective huh?" he said, disbelievingly.

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Spring blinked, a little startled by his reaction. "Oh, I'm Spring..." she smiled brightly. "I see you are an Anichi as well...don't be scared...I am too." Spring tilted her head at him and smiled again.

"Please come down, let's go and get you some food, clean clothes and a warm bed...how does that sound?" she felt truly sorry for this boy, but she wondered if he would be to suspicious to trust her.

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Chaucer winced and held his arm, "Well, we're not ghosts!" he growled showing his blood to the man. "And I've never seen an Anichi detective before.. seems very suspicious to me!" his eyes narrowed and he pulled out a leather bag and started to wrap his arm. "You should be more careful about where you go..."

Chaucer forced down his anger at being bitten and relaxed into his calm, suave self. "Now, why not stay for a while? Have some tea." he smiled showing off the side that Kisho always found so amazing, he hid so much behind that cool and calm face it was hard to tell if he was telling the truth or not, but you always wanted to listen to him when he did that...he was just so smooth

[Derek_Is_Me]

Storm stared at Spring for a few minutes and decided that she meant no harm. Though he would still be wary of her for he didn't know of her purpose yet. Jumping down next to her, Storm began to smell her just get adjusted to her scent. Looking at her storm said,"Okay, I will go with you. Please, let's hurry. I'm very cold."

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan followed Nathan, smiling inwardly as she saw who the perpetrator was.
"My my, if it isn't 'Dalton Braddock'. It's been a while, my young detective!"

She smiled warmly and waved her hand at Chaucer and Nathan. Crossing her arms, she chuckled appreciatively. They finally found another 'prodigal Anichi'.
"Seems like you finally got taller. That's good. I remember how short you used to be... Almost a midget, eh?" She winked in jest.

"Anyhow..." Her eyes softened, "I'm glad you made your way back."

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It was dark. Almost the kind of darkness that could blind your senses. And cold too, but that was just an after-thought.
A tiny scorpion scuttled across the floor, it's tiny legs making a slight 'tink' sound as they traversed the grounds.

He could almost smell the rain that was about to hit outside.... It was a bad feeling...[/font]

[Lil_Ninja]

Dalton smiled, "Oh, there is a very interesting back story to me becoming a detective. It involves a high speed chase, a man dressed like a ballerina, and a highly trained, and very deadly rabbit with an obsession with cake. But don't worry, I'm a good guy! A friend to all anichi." he dramatically motioned to all of them.
He was surprised at Chaucer's sudden hospitality. Seems fishy to me.. He thought, but decided to accept. Who knows? This could bring fourth some interesting things. "Alright, why not. I won't be picked up 'til later."
His attention was suddenly drawn to the green headed girl. He looked closely at her, suddenly realizing who she was. "Well, then! If it isn't my old friend, Shataki!.. Or wait.. Shiloh-.. Sion-.. Wait-don't tell me!" He rubbed his temples, struggling for the name he long ago forgot. "Siobhan!" He exclaimed, outstretching his arms and giving her a hug. He withdrew and held her shoulders, looking up at her. "My.. You seem shorter than before.. Did you shrink?" He asked with a quizzical expression. He then turned to all of them. "Why yes.. I do know you people.. Simply wonderful! What an extraordinary turn of events!"

Maxine smirked at Dalton. "Ah, so the world famous detective has finally tracked us down, eh?"

Dalton's face suddenly changed, as if he had just remembered something vital. "Oh! You guys.. I need to tell you something!" He paused to look around, as if to make sure no one else was listening. He started speaking in a quieter tone. "Earlier today, I heard a man talking to the Chief in the police department. He was telling him about how he was going to take a hunting party through the woods tomorrow to search for 'those savage beasts'. He said that he had been watching a few in an old abandoned house for a week or so. I can only imagine he means this place."

Nate gave the others a worried glance. "Perhaps we should leave to the city right away."

OOC: Hope this is alright! I was just trying to push the story forward ^^

[Nami]

Spring smiled warmly happy that he would accept her offer. She turned and walked back up the hill having some trouble about it and led the way back to her house. "Here we are." she smiled, again. "I've been living here for a while, technically I really don't own the place. But the people I live with have been good to me and I'm sure they will be good to you too."

Spring pushed opent he door and stepped in, the warmth of the house flooding over them. "Come on, I'll take you upstairs." she took him up the steps and into a spare room, it wasn't anything splendid just a bedroom with a twin-sized bed and a dresser and a bathroom. "You can shower and change in here, let me go get you some clothes..." she left and a few minutes later came back. "These are some spares the family keeps around in case." she grinned and put the folded clothes on the bed.

"Towels are under the sink...you can come downstairs when you are ready to eat." Spring paused in the doorway wondering if he had any questions.

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Chaucer arched a brow, "Dalton? I think I've heard that name before." he mumured to Nate. "Well, it's a pleasure to meet a friend of Siobhans!" he smiled pleasantly. Kisho arched a brow, "joy." he muttered. He listened to the last part intently and he glanced at Chaucer and caught Nate's look.

"Yeah, I was planning to leave tomorrow morning anyway... in that case, take a few minutes and prepare yourselfs. Then we'll be off...but Dalton." Kisho spun on the detective, "you are coming with us." he said coolly.

"If you argue you will be taken by force." There was no if ands or buts about any of this and he refused to let them be found out, even if he was a friend of Sio's, people these days couldn't be trusted, especially not detectives.

[Derek_Is_Me]

Storm looked over at Spring happily and smiled a true smile. He had not felt this great for a very long time."Thank you for helping me spring. I...I don't know how I can repay you for your kindness."said Storm sadly.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan looked at Dalton a bit nervously and apologetically at the same instant.
"Even though you are who you are, we... we still cannot fully trust anyone who has worked so closely with humans for such a long time. I... hope you can understand."

She tapped the side of her arm in thought as her eyes semi-glazed over, then popped back into full consciousness.
"I'll be right back. I have to check on a few things outside the house before we leave. Can you guys handle packing everything yourself, or do you need me to help?" She walked out after the proposed the sarcastic question, and did a few checks on the security of the place outside. Always good to make sure all bases are covered![/font]

[Lil_Ninja]

Dalton suddenly lit up. "Oh, splendid! I've always wanted to experience being kidnapped! It seems like a mighty fine adventure, yes sir!" He exclaimed, thrilled at the turn of events. He turned his attention to Siobhan's words. "Oh, yes. I fully understand the situation, no worries! It would be positively dreadful if I were to squeal on you before you could-fly the coop, as my detective friend would say. You're probably going to tie me up now, gag me to make sure I don't cause any trouble?" His voice was full of pure delight. "Then bonk my head so hard that it would push me into a state of total unconsciousness until we were well on our way, so if I were to escape, I wouldn't know how to get back to the headquarters to squeal!"

Maxine leaned over to Nate. "Weird.." She whispered in a sing-song voice.

Nate resisted a strong urge to smile at how she said that. He cleared his throat, then turned to the others. "Well.. I've already packed my bags, so.."

"As have I." Maxine told them. Her expression suddenly grew distant as she watched Siobhan leave. "I have to go.. Do something." She said absently as she moved to follow Siobhan.

Nate sighed, watching his sister leave. "There she goes again.." He commented under his breath.

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When Maxine got outside and closed the door behind her, she cleared her throat to get Siobhan's attention.
"Hey, Si.. Can I ask you something?" She paused for a second, but not long enough for a reply. "Ok, so.." She took a deep breath. "What would you do if-a long time ago, you.. Betrayed your best friend, which led to a string of horrible events that had deeply wounded your best friend.. But he didn't know it was you.. And he was about to find out it was you if he talked to someone, but if he did, he would hate you forever and probably never speak to you again.. And.. I don't know.. So.. What would you do?" She talked quickly, as if trying to get everything out before she regretted it. She watched Siobhan closely, her expression anxious for a reply.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan blinked rapidly, surprised by the sudden advice session.
Then she thought.... and thought....
Then, she walked over, grabbed Maxine by the shoulders, and looked her straight in the eyes.
"Go tell Kisho yourself before he talks to this other person. He won't feel QUITE as bad, then, since you had enough conviction to tell him in the first place."

She began pushing Max in the direction of the male feline, reassuring her the whole way.[/font]

[Nami]

OOC: GAAH! I'm really sorry about the late reply! I've had not 'net despite the fact that I was supposed to already *rolls eyes* someone is coming to the house to see what's wrong so hopefully soon we will have internet and there won't be anymore need for this slowness! Though I think 3 posts a day or 2 would be wise.

IC: Spring smiled gently, "don't even think on it Storm, people like us have to stick together right?" she cocked her head. "I'll be waiting downstairs when you are done. Don't worry the people in this house are very friendly." with that Spring shut the door and trotted down the steps, she felt warm inside, happy that she had finally found someone else like her. Perhaps she was even getting closer to her adopted father Chaucer.
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Kisho looked mildly amused at the mans enthusiasm, "I don't know what will be done, I've never taken someone prisoner before..." he shrugged, "you detective are someone I will have to keep an eye on." he narrowed his orange eyes, there was just something really suspicious about Detective Dalton.

"I've packed already too." Kisho murmured turning away from Dalton and facing Nate and Max just as Maxine left. He arched a brow but decided it would be best if he didn't interuppt whatever it was she was doing, after all he had already invaded her personal space once today. He walked slowly over to Nathanael, "so..." he said calmly, "you've changed a lot int he past ten years, you are a lot more fun-loving, suppose it helps you've reunited with your sister yes?" Kisho cocked his head letting his black and orange hair slide into his face.

Chaucer watched Dalton with suspicion before grinning merrily, "who knows what Kisho will do! The boy is unpredictable, I mean one time he gutted a man, gruesome to say the least but also very interesting." his grin never faltered, "don't cause any trouble you might get worse." he said cheerfully.

[Lil_Ninja]

Dalton was slightly disappointed at the lack of kidnapping skills Kisho had, but he would have to manage.
When he heard what Chaucer said, he was filled with mixed emotions. Horror and excitement. "That is the most terrifying thing anyone has ever said to me! How wonderful!" Words could not express how excited he was that he was actually experiencing being kidnapped. It was almost like being in a detective book!
"So should I make a futile escape plan, only to be foiled in the act, and probably push myself further into danger?"

Nate raised an eyebrow at Dalton. "I wouldn't suggest trying any such thing. If you do, I might have to gut you myself." He was joking, but you could never really tell with him.
He turned his attention to Kisho. "Fun-loving..Hah. I guess that's one way of putting it." He smirked. "Yeah, Maxie has helped me a lot.." He paused. "She'd never admit it, but deep down, she really is sensitive and kindhearted.." He paused. "Don't tell her I told you, though." He smirked.
He caught the sight of Maxine approaching out of the corner of his eye. He flashed a quick knowing smile at Kisho, and backed off, giving them space to talk.

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Maxine started to panic when Siobhan began pushing her in the direction of Kisho. "Don't! I can't do it!" She hissed, but it was too late to turn back. She had been spotted. She walked the rest of the way to Kisho, managing a nervous smile.
"..Hey Kisho. Can we talk real quick?" She started walking away from everyone else, so they couldn't hear. "Listen.. I kind of need to tell you something that's long overdue.. I, uh.." She finally looked up at him, but when she did, her courage quickly left her.. I can't do this.. "I think we should.." She paused, trying to think of something to say. "Gather everyone to gather and leave tonight. Yeah. The hunter could be coming at any point, and we don't want to draw attention. I think it's the safest thing to do.."

[Derek_Is_Me]

Storm watched her leave shutting the door behind her and Storm could just smile at her kindness.'I wonder what everyone is doing right now? I haven't seen them in so long. Will I ever see you again my friends?'thought storm to himself. Walking into the bathroom storm shedded himself of his filthy clothes that he had worn for the last several years and began to take a VERY hot shower. Relishing in the comfort that the hot provided Storm thought back to the times of the orphanage.'I think I've seen spring-chan somewere before but WHERE?'thought storm calmly. Getting out of the shower and putting on the new clothes that were provided for him. Storm headed down stairs to get something to eat with his new best friend.

[Nami]

Kisho smiled at Nate as he spoke and was about to reply when Maxine showed up, he followed her out and listened to her carefully, "...is...that all?" he didn't know why, but he had expected more for whatever reason. "Oh well, yeah I was going to." he shrugged, "is there anything else?" he asked hesitantly.
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Chaucer grinned merrily as if this were all a christmas party and they were all drinking wine, "well! Isnt' this fun, having a detective along for the trip! I certainly hope you live up to the expectations!" he chuckled lightly.

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Downstairs was a little noisy, some of the children who lived there were talking all at once and most were talking to Spring, she just grinned and nodded and patted their heads as she placed food on the tables. She looked over at the doorway and smiled at Storm, "dinner's ready...are you feeling better?" she asked coming to him. The children had silenced and watched them and then began to whisper to each other.

[Derek_Is_Me]

Storm looked from all of the children sitting at the table and then at spring."I'm feeling much better. What's for dinner?"asked storm happily.'I wonder what this place is?'thought storm."What kind of things do you do here spring-chan?". But what none of the children seem to notice was that storm was using his anichi ears to hear what they were saying about spring and him.'Hmm...so what could you children be saying.'thought storm while starting to listen to them.

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine felt her throat tightening when Kisho asked her if there was more she wanted to say. "Uh.." She portrayed a thoughtful look as she tried to muster up the courage to tell him, keeping her eyes off of his. To others on the outside, she probably looked like a child that was trying to admit to her mother that she ruined the woman's favorite dress, or maybe a kid that was caught with her hand in the cookie jar. But really, this was the biggest thing Maxine has ever had to do. Admit to her best friend, someone she's known all her life, that she ruined his life? Not an easy task. Maybe she could go about it that way? But she had to tell him, no matter what. Before he found out himself.. The fact was obvious. She took a deep breath, and looked up at him, her jaw clenched. She was determined now. "Kisho," Her voice wavered a little, so she cleared her throat and continued. "I ruined your life-.." She paused for a couple seconds. "When-" Before she could get it out, Dalton burst in.

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Dalton beamed at Chaucer. "I will try to! And maybe even surpass them!"
His eyes wandered to the window overlooking a portion of the dark woods. There was something funny..Everything was silent outside. Unusual for being in a forest nearing nighttime. He moved closer to the window to get a better look. Just then, he saw a light flash twice, then go out. A signal to someone unseen? His eyes widened in fear. The hunters? He rushed over to Kisho, and grabbed his arm. "Forgive me for interrupting, but I think the hunters have arrived! I saw light in the forest."

Nathanael's posture quickly changed from relaxed to tensed. "Are you sure?"

Dalton glanced over at Nate. "88 percent sure! The sun has almost set behind the trees, so we should be able to make a clean getaway. Isn't that exiting!"

OOC: Hope this is alright! We kind of hit a slow point so.. XD;

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]((OOC: Sorry if this makes no sense, I'm really tired right now. xD; ))
Siobhan immediately went on full alert after Dalton's little warning. This wasn't good, they had to get out-- and fast!!

She snuck over to the window and looked outside, turning off the light in that area to get a better look.
"And be quiet as possible. We don't want anyone to notice that we're here if they haven't already, and TURN OFF THOSE DANG LIGHTS! Those are just blaring out presence!"
She shook her head and peered outside of the reflective surface. She could almost see movement, but.. she couldn't be sure just yet.

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The little scorpion didn't see anything dangerous in their surroundings. Nope. Nothing.
Maybe their day was going to be a quiet one. He loved those days...
After dropping back into the room, he transformed back halfway and jogged to where Affinity was located at, a big grin on his face.
"Hey.. I don't see anyone up there yet. Maybe it's time for us to get moving?"[/font]

[Nami]

OOC: I found two new songs that really sound like the Anichi and for me Like Kisho; Hero by Skillet and Monster by Skillet. You should take a listen, I've never found better songs for Kish.

IC: Spring smiled, "we are having beef stew!" she said cheerfully and patted on of the child's heads. "I do a lot of odd jobs, I most work in the gardens though, it's a nice job." she looked a little sad as she said this but her smile immediately returned and she beamed at Storm, "shall we eat?" she sat down delicately into a seat and the kids followed suite still whispering things like; "I wonder who that guy is!" and "Is that her boyfriend? Are they dating? I didn't know Spring-san had someone." odd topics for little children to be discussing.

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Kisho waited quietly, and he felt nervous sudden when she started to speak, but then Dalton came banging in. He felt anger rise in him, he wanted to beat the snot out of the stupid detective, but at his words anger turned to panic. Kisho calmed his expression and looked out the window, flicking a switch that shut off all the power in the house. "Shoot, they got here faster than I thought." he murmured, "we need to get out of here, Chaucer, Nate watch happy-go-lucky while we get out. He isn't allowed to run away." Kisho turned away from the window, "grab your stuff, let's go." he ran toward the stairs.

Chaucer grabbed Dalton's arm while carrying a leather bag, "please don't make this difficult on us." he said, smiling cheerfully as if he had just won a million dollars. He walked Dalton toward the steps.

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Affinity turned her read head slowly and smiled, "alright let's go." she stood up dusting off her pants and walked toward the door. She sniffed the air quickly and then snuck out of the room, it was a dangerous time, you could never be too careful.

[Lil_Ninja]

Maxine felt annoyed when Dalton burst in, but it fell away when he began to speak. Her eyes widened at his words. Without saying anything, she quickly ran upstairs into her room. She grabbed her black backpack she had packed the night before, and unzipped it, making sure she packed her old bear, something that was very dear to her. Satisfied, she zipped it up, and slung it onto her back. After grabbing her brother's bag, she moved back down stairs. "I'm ready." She said in a quiet voice, throwing Nate his bag.

Nate caught it and slung it over his shoulder. "I think our best chance of getting out would be to go out the back. The tall grass will provide some camouflage, and the smaller anichi, like me, Maxine and Siobhan, could transform and lay low; the grass is tall enough to cover us." He suggested, moving to Chaucer and Dalton's side.

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Dalton was slightly creeped out by Chaucer's tone of voice. "No worries! I cooperate fully!" He smiled at the man. "Any escape I would attempt would be futile anyway."

[Derek_Is_Me]

Storm looked from the children to Spring and got a huge blush on his face. Storm started to stutter while still looking at spring,"I-I-I umm...w-would l-like to ha-have som-some p-p-please."said storm nervously.

[Nami]

Kisho dashed down the steps and peered out the front window, "alright let's go." he whispered harshly and went toward the back door, they would run into the sun until it set and then make their way to the town. Nighttime was their best bet to get away from the hunters. Kisho heard Chaucer say something to Nate that sounded like; "Yes, the tall grass." and then heard their almost silent footsteps as they came down, Chaucer appeared around the corner with one Hand on Dalton's arm.

Chaucer jerked his head toward the front door, but Kisho shook his head; 'No.' Chaucer shrugged and Kisho opened the back door, "alright everyone... when I say go. We need to run as fast as we can towards the sun, if we do that it'll blind them if they try and spot us and then when nightfalls we will make our way to the town using the map."

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Spring glanced at Storm and grinned, she wasn't listening to the children. "Go ahead and sit, the stew is in the bowls." she touched the chair next to her. "Before we eat, we must thank the one above us." she bowed her head and whispered something that everyone else didn't seem to catch and then she raised her head. "Alright let's eat." the children immediately started to eat and she ate slowly. "So Storm, how did you get in that state?" she asked, meaning living under the bridge.

[Lil_Ninja]

With lightning fast speed, the group headed towards the forest that was two miles away, moving through the tall grass.
Luckily, none of the hunters had spotted them.
They slowed to a fast walk a good ways into the forest, and by that time, the sun's rays had almost totally vanished. There was only a slight trace of pink and orange at the horizon, which was out of their sight due to the tall oaks.

"What a jolly good time!" Dalton finally piped up. "We sure fooled those hunters, yes sir! Wont they be surprised when they find that the house is abandoned!" He was relishing the adrenaline he felt from the run.

Maxine kept in her marten form, keeping to the rear of the group. She was disappointed that she didn't get to tell Kisho.. But she would just have to try again. She couldn't-wouldn't let him find out from the Snake. It would devastate him..

Nathan kept in his marten form too, but staying more to the front, keeping his eyes peeled for any trouble. He moved next to Kisho and looked up at him, the moonlight reflecting off of his eyes, giving him an eery look. "Do you think we made a clean getaway?"

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After polishing his 9mm pistol, he put it delicately back into his side holster. "You'll have to stay put for now, but don't worry. I have a feeling we'll get a mission very soon." He said, talking to his gun. He covered the holster back up with his brown leather vest.

He stiffened when he heard the sound he'd been waiting for. He opened his cellphone and listened intently to the voice that came through the earpiece.
"Remember the situation we had the other day?.. Well, Stan needs help finding our man. I figure you're the best guy to fix this whole thing."

"Will do, boss."

"I tell you, Stan is going to be the ruin of me!"
After a pause, the phone went dead, and he closed it, sliding it back into his pocket. "Duty calls." He patted his gun and headed out of the hotel room.

[Hana Ryuuzaki]

[font="palatino Linotype"]Siobhan had been taking up the far back in caracal form, her eyes, fully used to working at night, scanned the surrounding areas for anomalies of the animal, human, or other kind.
"I don't see anything.... A few bugs, yeah, but nothing out of the ordinary... What about y'all?"

Not even her hearing could detect anything moving around, just them. Which was odd...

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Azrael smiled back at Affinity, giving quite the chilling atmosphere due to the deformity.
"Things're gonna be ok. I know they will."
He looked back up and around, seeing nothing but never relaxing. He knew that things were... certainly.. not going to be okay...[/font]